Machine for coating match-sticks.



M. PARIDON.

MACHINE FOR COATlNG MATCH STICKS. APPLICATION FILED APR.25, 191s.

1,200,01 3. Patented 001;. 3,1916.

2 sHEETs-SHEET 1.

' l Qwumtoz m: NORRIS PEYERS co Puomu'rum. wAsHmc mm a. c.

M. PARIDON.

MACHINE FOR comma MATCH SUCKS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.25. 1916.

Mount;

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2 rm: NORRIS PETERS can PHOTO-THO wAsmMcmN. n. c.

MICHAEL PARIDON, or BARBERTON, oHIo.

MACHINE FOR COATING MATCH-STICKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

Application filed April 25, 1916. Serial No. 93,457.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MICHAEL PARIDON, a

citizen of the United States, residing at 1407 v Norton avenue, Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in -Machines for Coating Match-Sticks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for coating match sticks or splints with a substance in powdered form which will render the sticks or splints non-glowing after thematch has been ignited and the flame extinguished.

The invention is primarily designed as a part of a continuous match machine to be installed between the cutting-head and paraffining bath, although of course, the machine may be used independently.

The object of the invention is to provide an eflicient machine by which match sticks or splints may be coated rapidly and quickly with a fine powdered substance for preventing the glow of the match splint after the flame has been extinguished and acting efli-' ciently and thoroughly to cover all desired portions of the splints evenly and smoothly.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts constituting the invention to be hereinafter specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the matter hereinafter claimed.

In the drawings in which similar reference numerals indicate like parts in the different figures, Figure 1, is a View partly in side elevation and partly 1n section of a machine embodying this invention. Fig. 2,

' is a vertical sectional view taken approXimately on line 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a perspective view of an impeller or agitator employed for carrying the powder to the disks employed for coating, and Fig. 4, is a perspective view of one of the distributing disks or blades. 4

For purposes of illustration and without thereby limiting the invention, I will describe a machine embodying its principles designed for use in a continuous match maj chine of known or approved construction,

and installed therein between the cuttinghead, by which the sticks are made and stuck, and the bath in which the melted parafiin is contained. 1

Reference numeral 1 denotes a base provided with supporting legs 2. Mounted on the base near the ends thereof are two upright housings 3 and4.' The upper portions of the housings 3 and 4 are provided with inwardly extending flanges 5 provided with rabbeted portions 6 constituting ways for the continuous match plates 7 from which depend the match sticks as is the customary pract1ce. Below the flange 5 and preferably centrally disposed in the housings 3 and 4 are bearings 8 and 9 for a shaft 10 provided outside of the bearing 9 with a spur-gearwheelhll. Mountedonthe shaft 10 and arranged in spaced relation are a plurality of distributing disks or blades 12 held in fixed position by a nut 13. These blades or disks are suitably spaced apart from one another by any efficient spacing members interposed between .the disks or bl'ades, such for instance as collars placed on the shaft 10 so as to freely permit the match sticks or splints to pass between them as they move supported by the plates 7 in the ways in the housings 3 and 4. 'The shaft 10 is adapted to rotate by means to be described at a very high speed but is incapable oflongitudinal movement. Extending between the housings 3 and 4 and on opposite sides of the disks 12 are T-shaped angle bars 14 for strengthening purposes. Positioned'in parallelism and between each bar 14 and the disks 12 are L- shaped angle bars 15 secured to the housings by which they are supported. Extending over the upper faces of'the angle bars 14 and 15 is a casing 16, the central portions of which are formed on curvilinear lines approximately concentric with the disks 12. The lower portion of the casing 16 is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 17.

Each disk 12 comprises a sheet of thin material provided with two oppositely disposed laterally united with the main portion of the disk by abrupt shoulders 19. The disks 12 are further provided with central apertures 20 to receive the shaft 10. In arranging the disks on the shaft 10 they will be preferably so positioned that the offset portions 18 of coadjacent plates will be out of longitudinal registration. furnish .or constitute blades The shoulders 19- or buckets for offset portions 18 which are producing lateral gusts or blasts of powder laden air on the portions of the matchstlcks which depend between them. Extending longitudinally of the device and supported by the housings 3 and 4 is a tubular casing 21 the central portion of which is provided with a longitudinally extending cylindrical opening 22, the upper portion of which is provided with an extension 23 which is united to the casing 16 by L-shaped angles and bars 24. Extending between the slot 17 in the casing 16 and the interior 22 of the casing 21 is a registering longitudinal slot 25. Depending from the main portion of the casing 21 is a companion casing 26 formed integrally therewith and also provided with a longitudinally extending cylindrical. opening 27 which communicates with the interior 22 by a slot 28. Extending centrally of the cavity 22 of the casing 21 is a shaft 30 which is mounted in suitable bearings 31 in the housings 3 and 4. Outside of one of the housings the shaft 30 bears a spur gear 32 which is adapted to intermesh with a driving gear 34 on the armature shaft 35 of a motor 36 suitably supported on a bracket 37. The gear 34 also intermeshes with the gear 11 so that two shafts 10 and 30 are adapted to rotate in unison in the same direction.

Mounted on the shaft 30 within the cavity 22 is an impeller or agitator comprising two plates 38 and 39 both of which are secured to the shaft 30 by holding means 40 and the outer edges of the plates are bent inwardly toward each other and positioned between these outer edges are spacing blocks 41 held in position by holding members 42. The space 43 between the plates 38 and 39 is open at all times. These plates are wider than the transverse diameter of the hubs or bearings 31 on the housings 3 and 4 thereby permitting air to enter this cavity or space 43 during the revolution of the impeller or agitator. The plates 38 and 39 extend be tween the inner opposing faces of the bearings or hubs 31 and'their transverse width is slightly less than the diameter of the cavity 22 of the casing 21. Suitably supported on the frame 1 is a member 44 provided with a central cylindrical cavity 45 adapted to register with the cavity 27 in the casing 26. Near the outer end of the cavity 45 is an inlet'opening 46 above which is a hopper 47. The member 44 outside of the cavity 45 is provided with a bearing in which is a shaft 48 the opposite end of-which is supported in a bearing 49 in the housing 4. Between the inlet 46 and the bearing 49 the shaft 48 is equipped with a spiral-flight 50. The shaft 48 bears outside of the bearing 49 a spur gear 51 which intermeshes with a pinion'52. on the shaft 30 and receives motion therefrom. The shaft 48 also bears I outside =ofrthe ;gear,;51. a belt.-pu11ey;:53.- See grooves.

cured on the opposite faces of the housings from that shown in Fig. 1 are a pair of brackets 54 one only of which is shown in Fig. 2 and mounted in the brackets 54 is a shaft 55 bearing at one end a belt pulley 56 to receive a belt 57 which extends around the pulley 53 for conveying motion from the shaft 48 to the shaft 55. Mounted above the brackets 54 on the same side of the housings 3 and 4 are a pair of brackets 58 one only of which is shown in Fig. 2, and mounted in the bearings in the brackets is a shaft 59 parallel with the shaft 55. The shaft 59 bears at one end a crank arm 60, to the free end of which is pivotally attached a connecting rod 61 the opposite end of which is connected with a wrist-pin 62 on one of the pulleys 56. Mounted on the shaft 59 between the brackets 58 is an oscillating rockingbrush 63, the function of which is to brush the match splints while being held in the plates 7 as they pass to the powdering mechanism, the result of the use of the brush being to dislodge all loosely held match splints and to free properly held match-splints from various splinters and foreign particles.

On the inner opposing faces of the housings 3 and 4 are two pairs of L-shaped angle bars 6464 and 65-65 arranged in spaced relation to constitute a pair of inclined The inner and lower ends of these spaces are inclined downwardly and in clined toward each other and toward the central portions of the face of the supporting frame 1 and adapted to register with an opening 66 in theframe constituting a discharge spout the lower end of which is closed by gate 67. In the spaces between the angle bars 6464 is a sheet of suitable material 68 and between the member 6565 is a similar sheet 69. These members 68 and 69 are designed to catch any surplus powdered material and convey it to the discharge spout 66 from whence it is removed after moving the gate 67 to its open position and the material is then saved for reuse.

The operation of the device is as follows: The plates 7 bearing match splints properly stuck therein are fed over the ways 6, in the flanges 5, to the mechanism just described and during their passage the loose splints are brushed from the plate by the brush 63 and also any foreign substances on perfectly held matches are brushed off. As the matches pass between the disks the powdered material is drawn upwardly from the cavity 27 into which it is fed by the flight 50 from the hopper 47 by the impeller or agitator through the slot 28 into the cavity 22, and then is driven upwardly through the slots 22 and 17 into the casing 16. The powder laden air is then driven laterally against the match splints until they are completely covered, and surplus material, or material thrown out of the casing 16 falls on the plates 68 and 69 and is recovered by opening the discharge spout 66.

I claim:

1. A distributing member for matchsplint dusting machines comprising a thin disk or blade of suitable material provided with an integral laterally offset portion.

2. A distributing member for matchsplint dusting machines comprising a thin disk or blade of suitable material-provided with means for mounting the same for rotation and further provided with an integral laterally offset portion, said offset portion being connected with the balance of the disk by abrupt shoulders.

3. A rotary discous distributer for matchsplint dusting machines comprising a rotatable shaft having mounted thereon a plurality. of disks arranged in spaced relation, each of said disks comprising a thin sheet of suitable material provided with a laterally offset portion, the offset portion being connected with the balance of the disk by abrupt shoulders.

4. A machine for coating match splints with a powdered material comprising a frame, a rotary discous distributer therein, comprising a plurality of spaced disks each of which has a laterally offset portion, a casing surrounding said distributer, said casing provided with a slot in the lower portion thereof, a casing positioned below said first casin and having a slot registering with said rst slot, a rotary impeller or agitator in said second casing, means for simultaneously revolving said distributer and impeller, said second casing provided with a slot in the lower portion thereof, a casing below said second casing and in open communication therewith, means in said third casing for feeding a pulverized material into alinement with the slot in said third casing, said means insuring pulverulence of the material, and means for rotating said feeding mechanism.

5. A machine for coating match-splints with a powdered material comprising a frame, three casings mounted in said frame in vertical alinement and in open communication with each other, a rotatable shaft in each casing, means connecting said shafts to insure their rotation inunison, a rotary discous distributer in the upper casing, comprising a plurality of spaced disks each of which has a laterally offset portion, a rotary impeller or agitator in the intermediate casing and a pulverizing instrumentality in the lower casing, said agitator adapted to convey the pulverulent material from the lower casing to the discous distributer in the upper casing.

6. A machine for coating match-splints with a powdered material comprising a frame, three casings mounted in said frame,

said casings being mounted in vertical alinement and arrangedin open communication with each other, a shaft mounted in each casing, means connecting said shafts to insure their rotation in unison, a rotary discous distributer in the upper casing, comprising a plurality of spaced disks each of which has a laterally offset portion, a rotary impeller mounted in said second casing and a combined feeding and pulverizing instrumentality in the lower casing, a pair of bafiie plates mounted in said frame adapted to catch the material thrown out of said upper casing and direct the same to the central portion of the said frame.

7. A machine for coating match-splints with a powdered material comprising a rotary discous distributer, a rotary impeller or agitator positioned below said distributer, means positioned below the impeller arranged to insure pulverulence of coating material and deliver it to the said impeller and means adapted to engage the splints previous to their being coated for removing loosely held splints from their support and to brush splinters and foreign matters from the solidly held splints.

8. A machine for coating match-splints with a pulverized material comprising a rotary discous distributer, a casing therefor, a rotary impeller or agitator positionedbelow said distributer, means positioned below the impeller adapted to insure pulverulence of the material and deliver it to said impeller, means to simultaneously rotate said distributer, impeller and feeding device, a pair of shafts, a crank on said first shaft, an arm on said second shaft, a connecting rod extending between said crank and arm, an oscillating brush on the said second .shaft adapted to engage matchsplints previous to their being coated by said machine.

9. A distributing disk or blade for matchsplint dusting machines formed from a thin sheet of suitable material provided with a laterally offset portion to provide shoulders between the dilferent portions.

10. A distributing disk or blade for match-splint dusting machines comprising a member formed from a single sheet of suitable material provided with different portions thereof arranged in different planes, the various portions united by shoulders.

11. A distributing disk or blade for match-splint dusting machines comprising a member formed from a thin sheet of material provided with difierent portions arranged in different but parallel planes, the various portions united by shoulders.

12. A distributing member for matchsplint dusting machines comprising a thin disk or blade having difierent portions arranged in different planes, the connecting tary diseous distributer embodying a plurality of spaced rotating blades, means to feed match-splints through the spaces between said blades to receive a coating of powdered material and means adapted to engage the splints previous to their passage between 10 said disks for removing loosely supported splints and to brush splinters and foreign matters from the solidly held splints.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses;

MICHAEL PARIDON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C." 

